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In another game, the Vancouver “Canucks” represented by forward Theodor Blüger and goalkeeper Artur Shilov lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in overtime 3:4 (1:2, 0:1, 2:0, 0:1) at home, losing their four-game winning streak. .

Blüger played 15 minutes and 42 seconds, of which he spent two minutes and 23 seconds on the ice in the minority and another 19 seconds in the majority. He had two power plays, two blocks, won eight of 14 shots and finished with a neutral efficiency rating.

As Shilov remained on the bench, the goal of the home team was guarded by Kevin Lankinen, who saved 28 shots from the opponents.

After the second period, the Vancouver team was behind with 1:3. In the third period, after almost eight minutes played, Quinn Hughes reduced the deficit to one accurate shot, but a little more than three minutes before the end of regular time, Pius Zutter tied the game.

In overtime, it took just 47 seconds for everyone to pull out the win when Sebastian Aho sent the puck into the home team’s goal.

Among the home team, Hughes and Brock Boser stood out with two (1+1) points, while Martin Nechas had a goal and an assist for the visitors.

The Canucks are in sixth place in the Western Conference with 11 points from nine games and will play their next game on Wednesday when they host the New Jersey Devils.

This season, Blügers has collected five points (2+3) and a positive efficiency coefficient of +2 in eight matches.

The Tampa Bay Lightning team, in which forward Zemgus Girgensons plays, beat the Nashville Predators at home on Monday with the result 3:2 (2:0, 0:2, 0:0, 1:0) in overtime.

Girgenson spent 11 minutes and 21 seconds on the ice in this match, two minutes and 47 seconds of which he played in the minority. In his time on the ice, he had two shots on goal, one power play and a neutral efficiency rating.

Brayden Point and Mitchell Chafee scored for the home team in the first period, while Ryan O’Reilly and Gustav Nyqvist scored for the visitors in the second period to tie the game. In the fourth minute of overtime, Nick Paul scored the victory for the Tampa Bay team.

The home team’s goal was guarded by Andrejs Vasilevskis, who managed 35 shots, while Jūse Saros saved 24 shots on the other side of the field.

The Lightning are fifth in the Eastern Conference with 12 points in nine games and will play their next game on Wednesday against the Colorado Avalanche.

Girgenson has zero points and neutral utility ratios in nine games this season.